Greening the Budget: 12 Ideas for Protecting the Environment and Easing New Hampshire's Fiscal Crisis

Publication Date: April 2003

Publisher: New Hampshire Public Interest Research Group Education Fund

Author(s): Elizabeth Ridlington; Josh Irwin

Research Area: Banking and finance; Environment

Keywords: harmful subsidies; green scissors

Type: Report

Abstract:

New Hampshire's fiscal crisis does not mean that other issues such as environmental protection may be ignored. Rather, the budget crisis requires a creative approach to maintaining or even extending environmental protection programs. Updating existing fees or levying new ones on environmentally harmful activities can provide the funding necessary for protecting the environment and potentially help ease the state's budget problems.